About

"Sam's Bugs" is a tiny personal project.

Why does this wiki exist?

I grew up using the internet of the early 2000s. If you were searching for information on any animal you had seen in the wild back then and your search engine was doing a good job, you would stumble upon personal websites of people either researching that one animal for a living or collecting information on all sorts of animals in big databases, accompanied by, sometimes pretty poor, photos. Those were some of the best websites to discover interesting things you had never heard of. I always wanted one of those databases for myself, just a place where I can log every animal I have ever seen.

This is it. This is my little database. All the pictures were taken by me and once there are actual entries about the species, these texts will also be written by me. I created this database and keep it running, stocking it with ever new entries whenever I spot something alive.

Can I contribute?

Are you me? Then no, only I can contribute to this wiki. I may or may not add a mailadress later to which you can send corrections to entries I have made.

Can I use these pictures?

Every picture on this wiki is under the CC BY-NC-ND license. That means you may use it in non-commercial projects as long as you distribute it under the same license. You must also name the photographer, that is me. You find all of that information in the details of the picture you may want to use.

These photos may NOT be used to train LLMs and other "AI". If I can prove, my photos went into your environment destroying plagiarism machine, there will be legal consequences.

I grant permission to use them in any scientific context and they may be modified (cut, zoomed in, etc.) for that purpose alone. I will be thrilled if you let me know if my photos contributed to your science project or study.

If you use my pictures for reference and make art drawing or painting from them, that is totally fine. Go, get that art piece done!

Can I donate?

I am still thinking about that. Maybe later. For now, all costs are covered privately by me.